THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, HEALING, AND ILLNESS

The stress process as it relates to socioeconomic status, race, sexual orientation, and gender was discussed in this chapter. Think about social stress as it relates to racial and ethnic minorities and female students at your college or university. Are racial/ethnic minority and/or female students more likely (or less likely) to face any particular stressful discrete life events than those faced by all students? Are racial/ethnic minority and/or female students more likely (or less likely) to face any of the five sources of chronic strain (role overload, interpersonal conflicts within role sets, inter-role conflict, role captivity, and role restructuring) or ambient stressors than those faced by all students?
Do racial/ethnic minority students cope with stress or use social support differently to other students? Do female students cope with stress or use social support differently to male students?